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Appendix B: Compendium of High-Priority Goals, Research Areas, Research Topics, and Their Summary Statements
Appendix B: Compendium of High-Priority Goals, Research Areas, Research Topics, and Their Summary Statements
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Goal 2: Compatibility with Renewable Energy Sources Reduce turbine start-up times and improve the ability of gas turbines operating in simple and combined cycles to operate at high efficiency while accommodating flexible power demands and other requirements associated with integrating power generation turbines with renewable energy sources and energy storage systems. Goal 3: CO2 Emissions Reduce CO2 emissions to as close to zero as possible while still meeting emission standards for NOx.
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Oil and Gas Goals Goal 1: Fuel Flexibility Enable gas turbines for natural gas pipeline compressor stations (and other oil and gas applications) to operate with natural gas fuel mixtures with high proportions (up to 100 percent)
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Research Topic 3.2: Additive Manufacturing of High-Temperature Structural Materials Develop new high-temperature structural materials and advanced additive manufacturing equipment and processes in order to raise the thermal efficiency and operating temperature limits and increase the durability of gas turbine components produced using additive manufacturing; in addition, accelerate the qualification process for their application.
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Research Area 4: Thermal Management Develop advanced cooling strategies that can quickly and inexpensively be incorporated into gas turbines and enable higher turbine inlet temperatures, increased cycle pressure ratios, and lower combustor and turbine cooling flows, thereby yielding increased thermodynamic cycle efficiency while meeting gas turbine life requirements. Research Topic 4.1: Innovative Cooling Improve turbine component efficiencies through innovative cooling technologies and strategies.
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Research Topic 6.2: Gas Turbine Cycles for Carbon-Free Fuels Develop gas turbine technology that would allow incorporation of unconventional Brayton cycle variants to achieve high thermal efficiency from combustion of carbon-free fuels such as hydrogen. Research Topic 6.3: Gas Turbine Cycles with Inherent Carbon Capture Ability Develop gas turbine technology that would allow incorporation of unconventional cycles or improvements to existing cycles that have inherent carbon capture ability (i.e., no need for expensive and complex add-ons to capture CO2 from the exhaust stream)
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Research Topic 10.1: Efficiency of Pipeline Gas Turbines Under Partial Load Improve the efficiency of gas turbines for natural gas pipeline compressor stations while operating under partial load and while maintaining high efficiency at peak load. Research Topic 10.2: Safe Operation of Gas Turbines in Pipeline Applications with Hydrogen Fuels Develop the ability for gas turbines in pipeline applications to operate safely with varying levels of hydrogen (up to 100 percent)
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